Meet the Duvall's

We are David and Amanda Duvall and I (Amanda) will be doing most if not all of the blogging. We recently found out we will be moving from Newburgh, IN to Arlington, TX and yes we are still adopting from Korea. In other words we have a lot going on and it's hard to keep everyone, especially our large family up-to-date.
 
So, to begin with yes, we are adopting from South Korea and mainly chose to go with this program because they have been completing adoptions with the US for a very long time (since the 1950's), which means they have stable program and a good track record. Also, since Amanda was adopted from Korea we can be part of a Heritage Program, which supposedly allows us to have an expedited process. Right now we are waiting to be matched with a baby boy. It will happen any day now, which we're really excited/terrified about. However, don't get your hopes up as we won't be able to bring home the little one until 18-24 months after we're matched. Bummer, huh!! The reason it takes so long is that Korea caps the number of children that are allowed to leave the country each year. The cap is usually met by June/July each year which is why final travel takes so long.

Also, we are moving to Arlington, TX. David accepted a position at UTA as the Director of Orientation and Commuter Student Programs.  David's last day at USI in Evansville will be May 25 and we will be driving over to Texas on Sunday, May 27th to move him in. The drive is about 12 hours so we are going to take our time and will arrive some time on Monday. Tuesday we will begin looking at houses and hope to find something while we're there. We also will be moving David into a UTA apartment that week and he officially will start his new job on June 4!  I will be staying in Evansville until the end of July and will move down after my summer classes are over.

Many have asked if this move will affect our adoption. I officially heard from our agency today that we can still be matched with our Indiana home study. However, we will have to update our home study once we move to Texas. So, in the mean time we are getting things together for David's departure and trying to sell our house (It's posted on Tucker's website if anyone is interested ;). 

I'll be keeping everyone updated of our move, adoption, etc. Until then.....Amanda (and David)